Rep. Kevin McCarthy was unable to secure the 218 House votes needed to become Speaker during Tuesday's vote, and some Republicans may be absent for another vote.
Former NRCC Comms Director Matt Gorman and Fox News contributor Leslie Marshall discuss Kevin McCarthy's thrice failed speaker vote on 'Fox News @ Night.'moves into a second day.
The House began at 434 members today. Republicans have 222 members. But 20 support Rep.-elect Jim Jordan . So, the number of members who currently support Rep.-elect Kevin McCarthy is 202. However, Fox is told that number could dwindle – both in terms of attendance and GOPers who don’t believe McCarthy can ever pull it out. There are starting to be serious conversations around the Capitol now about vote attrition for McCarthy.
The doomsday scenario for McCarthy and Republicans is if some McCarthy supporters start to disappear or vote"present." Under such circumstances, Jeffries is inching close to winning an outright majority of those casting ballots by name. Jeffries outpaced McCarthy by nine to 10 votes on each tally today.McCarthy’s biggest help and hindrance right now are the 20 GOPers voting for someone else by name. Voting for Jordan by name helps McCarthy stay in the game for now.
The House began at 434 members today. Republicans have 222 members. But 20 support Rep.-elect Jim Jordan .McCarthy and his supporters needed the breather tonight. So it’s probably good from their perspective that the House isn’t continuing to vote and is adjourned. That’s because continued, repeated votes runs the risk of having people stray from the chamber. This is important the longer this goes on. A vote AGAINST an adjournment and keep the House in session, round the clock.
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